Line-pushing means for type casting and composing machines.



W. NICHOLAS & W. ACKERMAN.

LINE PUSHING MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINES. APPLICATION FILED JULY 7.1914.

1 ,27 1,206. Patented July 2, 1918.

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W. NICHOLAS & W. ACKEEMAN. LINE PUSHING MEANS FOR TYPE CASTING AND COMPOSING MACHINES.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 1.1914.

1 ,27 1 ,206; Patented July 2, 1918.

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7 WILLIAM NICHOLAS, on NEW roan, Annwr'nnrnm: ACKERMAN, or LARCHIVIONT, New

YORK, ASSIGNORS, BY mnsnn ASSIG'NIKENTS, 339 UNITED STATES GRABHOTYPE, COMPANY, A oonroanrron or new roan,

LINE-PUSHING MEANS roa 'rrrn casrrnor AND comrosrne MAcrrInns.

Specification of Letters I'atent.v Patented J uly 2, 1918 Application filed July 7, 1914. Serial No. 849,573.

chester, in said State, have invented new and useful Improvements 1n Line-Pushing Means for Type Casting and Composing Machines, fully described and represented 1 in the following specification and the accombeing shoved into the galley, and in its prepanying drawings, forming a part of the same. e v

Our-invention relates to typesetting and casting machines, having reference more particularly to the galley or type receiving mechanism thereof, and has foran object to provide means for'automatically stopping the machine when a line composed thereon either exceeds or falls short of the required length thereof.

Generally described, our invention comprises means for promptly shutting off the power by which the machine is driven when a line of improper length has been set and is ferred form employs a mechanism which may be used to disconnect the driving mechanism, either to unclutch it from the source of power or in caseof an electrically driven 7 machine will operate to break the circuit by which the motor is driven. form employed the dlsconneetmg device may be actuated from two 'difierent points by a' long line in its progress unto the galley, that is to say, at the time that'the line-is first pushed out of the assembling channel in which it has been composed, when either a long or'short line Wlll cause the motor to stop, or later on by operation of a second detecting mechanism, a tightline, ith'at is,

' a standstill.

one slightly longer than the normal cit-standard length, will likewise operate with the means employed to disconnect from the source of power and bring the machine to vention proves highly beneficial inprovid therein, as is almost constantly required in In whichever V The latter feature of our in' handling type in galleys, or in looking up forms on the presses; V c

Having reference to the drawings illustrative of a preferred form of our invention, Figure 1 is a partial plan view of atype casting mechanism illustrating. parts of our 'VIIIVBHUOII; Flg, 2 is. an end view of thesame,

and Fig. 3 is a partial sectionalview of detalls shown mplan 1n Flg. 1.

Referring to the drawings: -1 represents the frame of a type casting machine of the class to which our improvements apply, such for example as is described in our gomt Patents Nos. 964,677 and 96%,678, in which type arecast and fed into a galley mechanism, in connection with which we employ an adjustable galley side block 2, which, with theextensionin the form of the side bar 10fsup plies'a support at oneside for the type as it is being guided into the galley proper and a fixed wall at the opposite'side. I 1 Any of the familiar forms of printers galleys used in connection with type setting ordinary galley'5 is clamped, the fixed side wall 4 of which correspondingwith one side of the galley and marks the position at.

which the type are fed into the galley head by the type setting or composing machine,

the other or opposite wallof the galley 'head being supported by theside block 2, to beadjustably located at an ascertained position held therein. In connection with the adjustable side wall we'employ the'iusual form of line pusher except that in the preferred em bodiment of our invention we use for this in aceordance'with the length of'li-ne to be i purpose ahead block or bar 6 whichlslides laterally upon the fioor 8 of the galley head mechanism sufliciently to push a line of type transversely. in the 1 direction" of thefgalley far" enough to permit theformatioirof another line therein. The length of thehead block 6 is determined by'the width of col- 1111111; to be composed on the machin'etowhich our improvement is appl ed,;and maybe op= I erated in any convenient way, such for eX- ample, as is illustratedm the drawings, Fig.

1, mounted upon a sliding member 9 which is given sutliclent movement to transfer the line line iscomposed. The usual means are pro- Vided for withdrawing the rule either downwardly or otherwlse, preceding the movement of the head block in pushing the line toward the galley.

Upon the head block 6 we provide a toothed sliding member 9 having a series of rectangular stops or teeth 9 which measure one pica em from corresponding surfaces of adjacent teeth.

Pivotally mounted upon a swivel post 10 is a stop finger 10 which has upon its under side a rectangular ledge 11 that is adapted to fit more or less snugly into the spaces between the stops 9 which stop linger therefore crosses t'he channel in which the line of type is composed at a level near the body top of the type. The member 10 is adapted to swing upwardly upon its pivotal bearings on the .post 10, which in turn is loosely held within its vertical bearing in'the stationary portion of the sliding side block 2, so that the ledge 11 on the under side of the stop finger can readily be removed from one of the stop notches that is tormed'between the stops 9 and replaced into any other desired.

When the stop finger 10 is thus connected with the toothed rack 9 which is loosely mounted upon the head block 6 the stop finger serves to mark the end of a line composed therein, the foremost character being in cont-act with the inner edge of the stop linger, which when thus located will measure lines otequ-a-l pica measurement. In order to increase the nim-iber ofpica ems that may .be set, it is necessary to place the block 2 at a position to correspond with the width of-line required, and for thispurpose a rod 12 extending laterally from the galley block 2 enters a horizontally split hole 13 suitably provided in an adjustable Jblock 1 k :to receive the rod 12, a thumb screw lik being provided to clamp the rod 12 within said adjustable block. The block lei is held upon the galley floor 8 by means of a shouldered screw 14" through a slotinsaid block which thus secures it;firml-y vto the galley mechanism and by moving the block 12 to theex tent permitted by the slozttherein, that member may be adjustedto different positions, and likewise by reason of the rod connection in :the block, the side block of the galley maybe vfurther adjusted laterally in accordance with the required line measurement to be held therein.

Thu-s by moving the side block 2 in apath parallel to vthe head block 6,:thestop finger 10 may be carried into engagement with any one of the stops 9 upon the toothed slide 9, as may be required in lines of even pica measurement. To further adjust the positionot the stop finger 10. to lines varying in length by a fractional pica em, a further ad'- justment is provided by means of a horizontally mounted thumb screw 17, which is suitably mounted in brackets 16 in a second sliding member 15 on the head block (5, Which slide 15 is held by means of a spiral spring 18 against a stop 19 on said head block so that as the screw is turned to the right or left the toothed sliding member 9 is accordingly moved to the full width of a pica em or any fraction thereof, as required.

Means having thus been provided for oprabl-y connecting the stop finger 10 through the toothed member 9 to sliding member '16 while the former in the manner described marks the end of the line, it will now be pointed out in what manner the shifting of the slide 15 may be employed to stop the operation of mecl-lanisn'i to cease at the proper time.

The lincof type is being carried forward by positive means connected with the cast ing and setting mechanism so tl at whatever device is interposed at the fore front of the line as it is being assembled will be likewise impelled by positive means in the direction of :the increasing length of the line. Hence in order to operate the slide 15 in the manner indicated by the line of type tostop the motor there has been provided :upon the slide 15 a rectangular projecting member 25, which when the head block 6 is in its normal position of rest extends toward the adjacent edge of the small table 21 at the end of the lever 20, which is pivotally mounted upon the frame '1 of the type casting machine.

Upon the ta-bleQl is a recessed or socketlike portion 22 that is formed by the fixed stop 23t-at one side and a stop 2% when the latter is in its normal or engaging position, as shown in l, the stop 24 being pivotally attached to the fixed stop 23 so that if desired it can be thrown out of engagement with the projection member 25 when the latter iscarr-ied in :the direction or" the lever 20 by action of the head block 6, to which lever 20 the member is fixedly attached. Whentherefore the pivoted stop 2&- lies upon the table 21 in normal operable position, there is formed, between that member and the fixed stop 23, the recess 22 oppositely disposed to the memberv 25 on the blockz8 and is constructed slightly in excess of the width of the member 25, so that when a l-ine of type ofproper length is being forced .into

the galley by operation of the head block 6 e5 action of its spring to break the circuit it is long it will have carried the stop finger 10 when connected with the toothed member 9 into position to push the second slide 15 forward and the member 25 will thereby be brought opposite the fixed stop 23 and when.

'nism of the setting machinesthe extension member 25 would strike the, swivel member 23 and operate the shut-off lever 20. v r

The lever 20 when engaged by the rectangular extension of the slide 15 on the galley block will be rocked upon its pivot and'thereby rock the downwardly extend ing arm 26 attached thereto, which in turn will strike upon the end 31 of the latch.30 raising the forward end thereof out of,e'n-. gagementwith a corresponding catch 33 upon a sliding rod 32 held'horizontally in suitable bearings inmthe frame of themachine, which by action of the spring 3411 3011 the body thereof when thus released will carry the taper'edrod 35 into position shown in Fig. 2, which as will presently be explained, breaks the electric current by which the source of power is supplied to the type casting machine to which our improvement is attached. c

The lever 20 is held in normal engaging position by means of a spring 27 having one end held against a stop projecting from the frame of the machine, the opposite end against a similar pin on the lever which forces thelever 20 toward therectangular projection 25 with which it coacts until the lever arm 26 is brought against the stop 28 likewise projecting from theframe of the machine. The latch piece 30 is similarly held by its spring 30? in engaging relationship with the slide 32 against theactionof its spring 30 The slide 1s normally held in the position shown iii-Fig; 2 with its end 35 withdrawn from the electric switch-3d having the two contacts'3'Z5to-one of'which the current is led. ,from the source of power the other being electrically connectedcwith a motor, so that when the endr35 is thrust inthe direction of the switch 36, its taperedend comes intoelectric connection with the contacts 37 to complete the circuit bywhich the motor is driven.;

When the rod 32 has been once allowed by may be again brought into position-to restore the connection by means of a small hand lever 38 pivotally attached to the frameof the machine, one arm of which is adapted to contact the end ofthe rod 30 projecting through the frameof themachine as shown in Fig. 2. p

Thus 7 far the mechanism has been explained forpreventing long and short'lines from. being carried into the galley by means of the stopv 25' contacting either side of a corresponding recess 22 which it has been pointed out is slightlyin excess of the width of said member 25. It is not practicable in operating a mechanism of this class to constructthe recess so as to exactly fit upon the projection 25, a slight leewaycbeing allowed at either end to compensate for natural springiness of a line of compositionin order to prevent. the machine being shut off at times when the error, in the length of a line is comparatively unimportant. It has been found in practice that there is greater inconvenience entailed by lines slightlyin excess of the standard length over those falling short by a correspondingly slight amount,in that the longer lines form what isknown to printers astight linesy iwhich interfere withr'proper locking up; of forms, Therefore -a1 supplementary mechanism is employed for de tecting tight lines and autotype bein fed into the g y, pi e the cam surface 42, causing the stop finger 10 to be pivotally rocked 11 1a horizontal plane upon its swivel basetil in thesanie I manner as the progress of the line in the galley operates upon, its finger to cause the projecting member 25 to be carried into engaging relationship 'with the fixed stop upon the endofthe lever21. I The sliding wall '40 is normally held in: position by means of aspring pawl- 13 on the top of the block within one end ofwhich is held by action of itsspring ft against ajlaterally inclined surface 45 ;which tends to hold the sliding wall'ALO sin itsnormal position; The

spring action will ordinarily be suflicient to return the wall 40 to such normal position having; performed its function on beingengaged by atight linerbutto enable theoperator to assist, the operation thereof v a thumb piece has been provided in theform a r ar s6. epawl fii wh c upon being pressed by the finger maybe -v r madeto return the parts to their normal j position,-' under conditions in which the will fail to act. This precaution is often found necessary in order to allow a line to pass into the galley which while having been set of a length sufiicient to operate'the shut-off mechanism is still thought proper to be passed along into the galley.

The mechanism thus far described does I not operate to disconnect the motor until the galley head block moves the line into the galley. It is however desirable in those cases in which the line is too long to be received by the galley mechanism, to have the motor stopped before the line pushing mechanism operates. To this end a second arm 26 is added to the bell lever 26 upon the outer end of which is air-upwardly extending link 50 which is adapted to slide in guides 51 upon the frame of the machine, having upon its upper end a lug 52, having on its under side a straight cam surface 53 formed at an incline of about 45 degrees (see Fig. 3). The lug 52 overhangs the forward end of the sliding member 15 upon which is a correspondingly inclined cam surface 54 within the path of which is interposed said lug 52 as said slide 15 moves longitudinally of the block 8 upon which it is slidably mounted. As the incline is thus forced under the lug 52 the latter is elevated when its under surface is engaged thereby, causingthe vertical link 50 to raise the arm 26 of the bell lever, thereby depressing the arm 26 upon the latch 30 which is holding the horizontal contact rod 32 into engagement with the terminals 37 of the motor, which thereby releases the same to break the circuit in the same manner as when the upper arm of the bell lever 20 has been engaged as described above, for the purpose of disconnecting the motor.

2 Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. In a type casting and composing machine, means for stopping the operations thereof during line delivery when a line of type not of normal length has been composed thereon, said means comprising line controlled mechanism for disconnecting the source of power of said machine and mechanical line actuating means comprising mechanism operated by a line of abnormal length to set in position circuit breaking mechanism to be operated by the line delivering mechanism. I

2. In a typecasting and composing machine, means comprising line controlled mechanism for disconnecting the source of power of said machine, said line controlled means comprising a stop pivot-ally attached to a swivel post operably mounted up'on a side block of the line receiving or galley mechanism, and a slide actuated thereby having a tongue member laterally PI'OJOCting therefrom; a lever actuated contact slide;

means comprising a socket piece on said lever adapted to register with said tongue member for rocking said lever to actuate said contact breaking slide.

3. In a type casting and composing machine, line delivering mechanism comprising a line pushing block and a slidable member thereon, one end of which slidable member adapted to operate mechanism for disconnecting the source of the driving power of said machine; adjustable means for slidably actuating said member upon said line pushing block comprising a longitudinal series of rectangular teeth; and a stop member pivotally attached to a swivel post, said stop member normally disposed across the path of a line being composed therein.

4. In a typecasting and composing machine, a line delivering mechanism comprising a line pushing block and a slidable member thereon; means for adjustably attaching to saidslidable member a line engaging stop pivotally attached toa swivel support and adapted to slide said member upon said block; means for moving said sliding member by said line engaging stop when engaged by the end of an advancing line of type composed theron; and means attached to said sliding member for disconnecting the source of power of said machine as it is slided longitudinally upon said blockby action of said stop member.

5. In a type casting and composing machine, a line delivering mechanism comprising a line pushing block and a slidable membere thereon; means for adjustably attaching to said slidable member a line engaging stop pivotally attached to a swivel support and adapted to engage said slidable member; said stop being actuated by direct contact of the line as'it advances while being composed therein and means comprising a second sliding member having a pin adapted to contact a cam portion on said line engaging stop adapted to vibrate said stop horizontally to actuate said sliding member on the line push ing'block when said second slide is engaged by frictional contact with a tight line.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. v

VVILLIAIVI NICHOLAS.

' WILLIAM AGKERMAN. Witnesses:

' EDITH ENNISSON,

:JAMEs ENNISSON.-

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